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We described a 48-year-old male patient with fatigue, carpopedal spasm, arthralgia, hypokalemic alkalosis, mild renal dysfunction, hypomagnesemia, hypocalciuria, hyperuricemia, normotension, hyperreninemia and chondrocalcinosis in knees and Achilles tendons. His parents are first cousin. Genetic analysis revealed simultaneous homozygous mutations in SLC12A3 gene with c.248G&gt;A, p.Arg83Gln and CLCNKB gene with c.1171T&gt;C, p.Trp391Arg. The second younger brother of the proband harbored the same simultaneous mutations in SLC12A3 and CLCNKB and exhibited similar clinical features except normomagnesemia and bilateral kidney stones. The first younger brother of the proband harbored the same homozygous mutations in CLCNKB and exhibited clinical features of hypokalemia, normomagnesemia, hypercalciuria and hyperuricemia. Potassium chloride, spironolactone and potassium magnesium aspartate were prescribed to the proband to correct electrolytic disturbances. Benzbromarone and febuxostat were prescribed to correct hyperuricemia. The dose of potassium magnesium aspartate was subsequently increased to alleviate arthralgia resulting from calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease (CPPD). To the best of our knowledge, we are the first to report an exceptionally rare case in an inbred Chinese pedigree with simultaneous homozygous mutations in SLC12A3 and CLCNKB. GS and BS type III have significant intrafamilial phenotype heterogeneity. 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